Strong's Concordance hósei: as if, as it were, like Original Word: ὡσείPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: hósei Phonetic Spelling: (ho-si') Short Definition: as if, as it were, like, about Definition: as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5616: ὡσείὡσεί (ὡς and εἰ (Tdf. Proleg., p. 110)), adverb, from Homer down, properly, as if, i. e. a. as it were (had been), as though, as, like as, like: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 9:36 (Treg. ὡς); Luke 3:22 (L T Tr WH ὡς); Acts 2:3; Acts 6:15; Acts 9:18 (L T Tr WH ὡς); Romans 6:13 L T Tr WH; Hebrews 1:12; also Rec. in Mark 1:10; John 1:32; γίνεσθαι ὡσεί, Matthew 28:4 R G; Mark 9:26; Luke 22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passive); εἶναι ὡσεί, Matthew 28:3 (L T Tr WH ὡς), and Rec. in Hebrews 11:12 and Revelation 1:14; φαίνεσθαι ὡσεί τί, to appear like a thing, Luke 24:11. b. about, nearly: α. before numerals: Matthew 14:21; Luke 1:56 (R G); From hos and ei; as if -- about, as (it had been, it were), like (as). see GREEK hos see GREEK ei Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 561621 Occurrences ὡσεὶ — 21 Occ. Matthew 3:16 Adv GRK: θεοῦ καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν καὶ KJV: of God descending like a dove, and INT: God descending as a dove and Matthew 9:36 Adv Matthew 14:21 Adv Mark 9:26 Adv Luke 3:23 Adv Luke 9:14 Adv Luke 9:14 Adv Luke 9:28 Adv Luke 22:41 Adv Luke 22:44 Adv Luke 22:59 Adv Luke 23:44 Adv Luke 24:11 Adv Acts 1:15 Adv Acts 2:3 Adv Acts 2:41 Adv Acts 6:15 Adv Acts 10:3 Adv Acts 19:7 Adv Romans 6:13 Adv Hebrews 1:12 Adv |